Am I watching Yahari the wrong way?

Everybody says Yahari is an amazing anime and it's easily their fav anime of the year but why am I not enjoying it as much? Is it because I'm trying to look for romance in the anime? Will I enjoy it more if I just consider it a comedy drama instead of a romance comedy?

season two is much more serious, and has the most character development I've seen in a long time. the romance starts to blossom a little bit past the halfway point, and as for your ships, they do sail, but... (spoiler)

as for season one, just have fun with it, and hopefully you'll be able to relate to Hachiman more as you go along. if not, I'm sure you'll still probably like season two. personally, I'm in the less-vocal-minority that liked season one better, so if its not as enjoyable to you, I wouldnt worry and just continue watching just to get to season two (and the latter part of season one, as well - it gets fairly serious before s1 ends, iirc)

The way things are going, an ending without a romantic choice/pairing would betray the plot. Either way, you really should stick it out and watch the whole series. There's a metric fuck-ton of character & relationship development all across the board. and the animation in Zoku (S2) is incredible